A Fresh View: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Season 1 Episode 13:

A Fresh View: Impressionism and Postimpressionism

Season 1 Episode 12:

Age of Reason, An Age of Passion

The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave way to strict rationalism, which insisted on morality in art and the purity of classical form, as seen in the works of David.

A White Garment of Churches - Romanesque and Gothic

Episode 36:

The Classical Ideal

Traces the origins of humanism and the immortal classical style to Ancient Greece. The genius of Roman engineering and architecture was used to build an empire, while portrait sculpture exalted its rulers.